解語花

Chinese

			flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (解語花)		解語	花
simp. (解语花)		解语	花
Literally: “a flower that is able to speak”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiěyǔhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² jyu⁵ faa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiěyǔhuā [Phonetic: jiéyǔhuā]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiěyǔhua
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³-yü³-hua¹
  - Yale: jyě-yǔ-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieeyeuhua
  - Palladius: цзеюйхуа (czejujxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai² jyu⁵ faa¹
  - Yale: gáai yúh fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² jy⁵ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai² yu⁵ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ jyː¹³ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

解語花

(figurative) beautiful, understanding woman (Classifier: 支 m; 朵 m)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解語花):

→ Korean: 해어화(解語花) (haeeohwa)

Others:

→ Japanese: 解語の花 (calque)

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